Frequently agents will list properties at elevated values just to get the listing. 

_____________________________________________________________Current Rents:House: Basement Apt: Current owner occupies $0House: 4 bed, former BnB, currently 1 room LTR, frequently STRs (travel nurses) 8001 BR Apt: $1000Studio: 900Cabin 1br: 1000Cabin Studio: 700Current Gross Rents: 4400___________________________________________________________Potential Rents - All rents are currently below market*:House: Basement Apt: Owner occupies $1500 ($0)House: 4 bed LTR $2800 STR $5500+ BnB 20,0001 BR Apt: $1500Studio: 1200Cabin 1br: 1500Cabin Studio: 1200*There is an addition attic apartment unused: 1200Potential Gross Rents: LTR=$9400 - STR=$12,100Tax:530/moInsurance:250/moAssumptions: Small family wanting to househack and come as close as possible to no monthly expense.

Frequently, the numbers provided may be inflated.

Places with shootings, rapes and frequent assaults.

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.Some familiar names are mentioned frequently: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend conducting thorough research on each app online to understand their offerings, pricing, etc.

This means more time and money spent on marketing and preparing the property for new tenants.Wear and Tear: Student tenants may not take as good care of the property, leading to more frequent repairs and maintenance.

This gives you a high bounce rate and Airbnb will change this frequently.

I know "change of use" frequently triggers major expenses like seismic retrofits, insulation and fire code updates.   

Some of these same GPs/Operators loss 30-40% of their net worth in less than two years depending on how aggressive they were in investing and how much cap rates expanded.But great GPs often have certain characteristics:1.

Just a questions since this comes up frequently on these forums: why in earth do you care about cash flow if you’re buying a $600k property all cash?